Mum's vitamin and cod-liver oil

Tests: 5 of 11 right · Exam: 2 of 4 right · Kind: ★★ · Understood: 6 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 22 of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: the lesson in the corpora.

Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.

Test 1 · ★★ · right ✓

Grandma: "cod-liver oil every day or you'll get rickets like we did". What's true now?

1. Rickets came from lack of vitamin D, and today a winter vitamin D tablet or the right food does the job — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
2. Cod-liver oil cures every illness — no support
3. Rickets came from not eating fish — no support
4. Rickets can't happen any more — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 8: «Rickets is a bone disease caused by lack of vitamin D, making bones soft and legs bowed; it was common in smoky cities and is still occasionally seen.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «lack» (+3); the same thing acted on «vitamin d» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Advert: "Super-Kid Gummies BOOST immunity!" What should a smart kid ask?

1. Are they stronger than the medicine from the doctor? — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Why don't doctors sell them? — no support
3. What's the evidence? Boost is a selling word — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. How many can I eat at once? — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★★ · wrong ✗

"If I take a vitamin I can skip veg, right?"

1. Yes, if it's a gummy — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. No, because veg has no vitamins — no support
3. Yes, the pill has everything — no support
4. No, a pill can't replace fibre and everything else in veg — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★★ · right ✓

what happens if a toddler finds a jar of gummy vitamins and eats them all?

1. It can be dangerous, call 111 or a doctor at once — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. He'll only get a little tummy ache, so no need to tell anyone — no support
3. Nothing, they're just sweets — no support
4. He'll get super healthy — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Liam swears fish oil made him top in spelling. Best reply?

1. It only works for spelling — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Fish oil is proven to make every kid top of the whole class — no support
3. Studies don't show fish oil makes healthy kids cleverer — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Spelling comes from carrots — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Why might a child who stays indoors in a dark northern winter need vitamin D more than one in sunny Spain in summer?

1. Spain puts vitamin D in the sea — no support
2. Strong sunlight lets skin make vitamin D, weak winter light doesn't — ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. Cold weather destroys bones — no support
4. Children in the north eat no food — ← Mova's choice · score 6

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 6, against 3 for the next best. Its support: lesson 16, line 12: «Children with type 1 diabetes can eat most foods if they count the carbohydrates (carbs, the sugar and starch in food) and adjust their insulin.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «eat» (+3); the same doer «children» (+2); the same thing acted on «most foods» (+1). The right option, 2, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗

Sam's mum gives him eight different supplements a day. Is that wise?

1. Yes, if he's under 10 — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes, more is always better — no support
3. No, because supplements are illegal for children — no support
4. Not usually, it rarely helps and can harm — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓

Cousin eats only beige food. What did the doctor most likely do?

1. Suggested a multivitamin and tiny tastes of new food — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 12
2. Banned all food but beige — no support
3. Said fussy eaters stay fussy forever, so there's nothing to do — score 9
4. Gave him an operation — score 8

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 12, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 22, line 14: «Very fussy eaters may miss some nutrients, so a doctor may suggest a multivitamin while the family widens the diet; fussy eating usually improves with age.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same action «suggest» (+3); the same thing acted on «multivitamin» (+3); the same doer «doctor» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗

A 3-year-old in the UK. What does health advice say about vitamins?

1. Only cod-liver oil — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. Fish oil every day to boost his brain power — no support
3. Daily vitamins A, C and D are recommended — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. No vitamins until age 10 — score 1

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 22, line 3: «But some gaps are real: in the UK the winter sun is too weak to make vitamin D in the skin, so health advice says everyone should think about a daily vitamin D…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+3); the same doer «health advice» (+2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★★ · right ✓

In a game, eating a gold apple gives "+50 immunity". What's true in real life?

1. Gold apples work — no support
2. No food or pill gives an instant immunity boost — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1
3. Any apple gives +50 — no support
4. Only pills give immunity points — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 22, line 17: «A multivitamin can't make up for a poor diet, because food gives fibre, energy and many substances a pill does not contain.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+2); the same doer «food» (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★★ · right ✓

Mum takes cod-liver oil and a multivitamin with vitamin A. What's the worry?

1. The oil cancels out the pill completely — no support
2. Fish oil and pills explode together in the tummy — no support
3. Nothing, vitamins never hurt anyone at all — no support
4. Doubling up vitamin A can be harmful — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 7

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 7, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 17: «Taking vitamin C every day does not stop most people catching colds; it might shorten a cold slightly in some studies.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same thing acted on «vitamin» (+3). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the cause of the bone disease rickets, as recorded in the urban populations of former centuries.

1. An infection transmitted by fish — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A deficiency of vitamin C, owing to a want of fresh fruit and vegetables — no support
3. A deficiency of vitamin D, owing to insufficient sunlight — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. An excess of dietary calcium — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the supplementation of omega-3 oils in healthy children.

1. Supplementation is compulsory under statute — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Such oils are injurious in any quantity — no support
3. No clear improvement in intelligence or attainment has been demonstrated — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. A substantial improvement in intelligence has been demonstrated — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓

Pursuant to the health advice issued in the United Kingdom, determine the supplement which all persons are advised to consider during the autumn and winter months.

1. Vitamin D, ten micrograms daily — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Iron, one tablet upon every hour — no support
3. Vitamin C, ten grams upon each day — no support
4. Cod-liver oil, one cup upon each day — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the principal reason for which the expression «boosts the immune system» in commercial advertising warrants scepticism.

1. It is a marketing phrase and not an established medical claim — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. It refers exclusively to adults — no support
3. It is prohibited by medical law — no support
4. It denotes a prescription-only medicine — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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